Someone said to me the other day "thank God we don't have to take with us, what we are left with when we die." She was referring to her body...
That struck me really hard. What if we did have to take what we were left with at the end? Would we change what we are doing to our bodies now?
I actually felt a lot of sadness when I heard this statement. I know many people feel like they can't wait to give up the body they are in and get a new one. Hence the overwhelming response to plastic surgery and the outstanding number of people with eating disorders...
What about the people with actual physical handicaps? Don't they seem like the ones that are trying to take the best care of themselves and the ones who are the most grateful for what their bodies can do?
I have been on both sides of the fence. In the past I have literally hated my body, but today, thankfully, I am learning to love all of me. I am so grateful that I have come into this place of awareness, and am able to understand what a gift it is to have a functioning, healthy body, free of disease and physical limitations.
At the end, I hope I will still be in a place of gratitude for all my body has done for me. After all, it carries my most precious possession...my soul.
1 comment:
Profound G. I can't imagine that we would leave our bodies. At least the issues that cause them to be what they are. I don't think we escape anything when we die - I wish for everyone to experience true self-love and acceptance now.
kk
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